Writing Winning Resumes Workshop

On Monday, November 21, I went to the workshop for resumes. I knew the very basics of writing a resume, since I have never written one before, so I learned a few things at this workshop. I learned about the 2 types of resume: Chronological and Functional. A chronological resume lists all the extracurricular activities/jobs the person have done or have had, while a functional resume just lists the activities/jobs that is relevant to the position he/she is trying to apply for.  In a functional resume, it’s important to demonstrate that you have produced results in what you have done. Each description about the activity or job should start with a power verb. The font should be no smaller than 10 point and it’s okay to make the font bigger if you don’t have much on your resume. These are some of the things I learned. The instructor for the workshop also gave us a site that can help us with the resume-making process: baruch.optimalresume.com